Wave propagation system



March 12, 1935.

G. B. SCHEIBELL WAVE PROPAGATION SYSTEM Filed April 21, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1,

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Patented Mar. 12, 1935 1,994,288 ,WAVE PROPAGATION SYSTEM GordonBrown Scheibell, Newark,,N. J., assignor 'to Wired Radio, Inc; New York, N." Y., a corporation of Delaware Applicationl lpril 21, 1932, Serial no. 606,552 8 Claimsgf 01. 250-45) My invention pertains in general to radiation systems and is more specifically. directed toua.

form .of wave propagation system inwhich a 5-at the same carrier frequency. y i Various experiments .have been made with plurality of stations radiate the same program.

systems for radiating aprogram from aplurality' of difierent geographic points at one carrier frequency. Theprincipal object of such systems, cknown as synchronized broadcasting ,rhas' been to accomplish a conservation in thefrequency requirement for-program distribution..- However, ithas beenfound, in synchronized broadcasting, that in certain geographic areas 5.; disturbing conditions for program reception exist which render good quality of program reproduce.

tion practically impossible. 1

One of the objectsbf my invention consists in providing an improved system for radiating a common programatfone carrier frequency from a. plurality of r radiation systems for efiecting .frequency ,fconservation. in the distribution of a program over a-large' geographic,

area.

5; Another object ,consists in producing a sys-' tem for the progressive reinforcement of electromagnetic Jwavesmradiating from a" central point.

systems under control thereof. I

These and other desirable objects will be apparent from the following, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsin which: f

.' Ei'g 1 is a, schematic representationof apl paratus employed in-- an embodiment of the,

.radiation system of my invention,- and. Fig. 2 is a. schematic representation of a Q; typical installation of, myinyention showing a plurality of stations geographically disposed fordistributing a commonprogram-to ,a plurality of' thickly populated areas in ldilierent geo-v 5 My invention contemplates the distributionof ,a programover a;large' geographic: area by the propagation ;of ,waves of;:.acommon carrier fre' quency from a plurality of difierent radiation 1 systems, the waves having a general direction 1 ofpropagationcalculated to substantiallyeliminate' interference. Incarrying out the. principles of myinvention, I employ a central radiation'system which is omni-directional and is supplemented by several directive. systems 'for re-radiating waves under control of the central station and of the same frequency as the; waves broadcast therefrom for accomplishing, in effect,

the reinforcementof the program radiation field of the central stationfor selected areassuch as. thickly populated districts.

1 Fig. 1 l i. schematically. depicts apparatus ,em: ployed in carryingout oneembodiment. of my invention, while Fig. 2 represents how ,such "apparatus might be utilizedito radiate a common. program over a large geographic'area such as a section of North America, as. shown. I Refer-.1 ring to Fig.2, I provide a central station 1 having an omni-directional radiation 'systemp2 for propagating waves in alldirections with respect toth surface of the earth. Within the.

centralstation 1 there is provided a high free 'be remotelyv situated from the central station 1,

is .connected by wire lines .9. to an audio fre-.

quency amplifier. 6 within the central station; 1.

The studio 8 includes suitable microphones, am-

plifiers; and monitoring equipment for. produc-r ing'taudio frequency currents in accordance with' 1 variousprograms either audible, .visual, or. both;

. y a V r. The audio frequency currents from studio 8, A further object comprises providingla radiaw tion systema employing .ajcentral broadcastingstation and. a plurality of directive 'radiation.

mitter 5 and radiation over the system 2.

Disposed in the path ofpropagation of waves from the radiation system2 is a substation 11 which maybe-situated with respect to a selected geographic .areato beserved by .programidis'-.

tributiom The, substation 11. includes a receiverql2 for, receiving program signals: by a receiving antenna 10 andwhich originated from wavespropagated from the'radiati'onsystem .15 j

with respectrto received waves so that, in ac-: cordance with my invention the carrier fre-- quencyof. the waves propagated 'b'y the radia- 551? tion system 15 will be in phase with the corresponding carrier frequency of the waves transmitted in that direction by the radiation system 2.

In the operation of the system of my invention, the substation 11 receives program signals from the central station 1 and effects the amplification of these signals for re-radiation over the radiation system 15 substantially in a desired direction, the waves radiated from the system 15 being of a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the waves received from radiation system 2 by antenna 10. A receiving station 18 is disposed in a selected area- -in.the.path-,- of propagation of waves from the radiationxsys a tem 15, and is indicative of various receiving equipment which may be so disposed for recep tion of programs; The antenna'ofweceiver 18 will receive waves propagated from the;radiawill not 'be necessary for satisfactory"program reproduction.

-Other' receiving stations 19 and 20 may be disposed 'in sections outside of :a selected area served by the directive radiation system 15.

The stations 19 and 20 will therefOre'be subfrom the radiation: system :2 under control'of central station-:1; The program from :central' station .11 willnot be subject .to undesirable effectsaproducedrby interference of waves rera- W diated'by substation 11, .due'to' the system of myinvention for: effectingre-radiation substantially in the-direction of propagationaof "waves from the central station. Receivingzstationslii,

19 and "20 have thedes'ign of their equipment proportioned to the'dntensity of the' ra'diation field at the respective 'points of reception to give satisfactory programreproduction. I

FigJZ-represents an example of the commercial utilization of the apparatus of my invention as shown'in Fig; 1 for'accomplishing efli l cient-distribution' of a program over a desired geographic district such as a portion :of the Referring to'Fig. 2,.the central United States. stationldescribed in connection with "Fig. 1 isilocated at Pittsburgh and is :connected by wire lines-:with the studio B'WhiCh is. located at'New York for considerations of accessibility for per-' diating the program broadcast from Pittsburgh to produce regions of increased radiation field intensity for-selected areas having dense population and in a-.manner'which will avoid inter ferencebetween the various stations.

vIn accordance With the principles of. my'in- Stations vention, these substations are positioned on the outlying sections of the metropolitan districts which are at points nearest the central station at Pittsburgh. The directive radiation system 15 associated with each substation is positioned so that waves re-radiated therefrom will be substantially in the same direction and in phase with the waves traversing the same area but originating from the Pittsburgh'central station. Receiving stations, such as receiving stations 19 and-20 of Fig. 1, which may be located in various towns and rural districts outside of the selected areas'servedby the substations 11 will be able to receive programs from the Pittsburgh central station;provided-that their equipment is properly;proportioned:with regard to the radiation held intensity at the point of reception of waves from the Pittsburgh station. That is, suchremotely situated receiving stations must have equipment sufiiciently sensitive to receive signa1s fromrthe;Pittsburgh omnidirectional central station, dependingupon the distance of the receiving. station therefrom, and, of course if veryremotely situ:i.ted,fido not enjoy the advantages of reception ofsstations comparatively close to the Pittsburgh'central station or those stations'lyingxwithin selectedareas served by' substations; i

It. will nowxbe' apparent that my system of radiation provides for the distribution of a program over a large geographic area in which'a pluralityxof stations radiate waves ata common frequency; in a manner which avoids undesirable interferencaareas between stations. AlthoughI' have :showna preferred embodiment of the ap paratus of my invention and "how the same can be utilized for accomplishing program distribution, .it isto be-understoodthat many changes and modifications can be made therein but which will notidepart'ifrom the intendedscopeoftmyainvention. I 'do nottherefore desire to limit myselff to the fore'going'except insofar as may be pointed out in'the appended claims.

What I claim as new and original and desireto secure by Letters-Patentfof the United States said first mentioned means and said second men-- tioned meansin" the area of'propagation of said second mentioned means whereby receivers affected by waves from more than one source will receive waves from said first mentioned means augmented by said secondary means substantially without modulation interference between said waves;

2. In a system of radiation, the combination with a substantially uniformly omnidirectional radiation system of a i plurality of directional radiation systems controlled thereby for directionallyreinforcing the field of said omnidireotional. radiation systemto produce "coincidence of wave contour ofwaves from both the omnidirectional and directional radiation systems within the field of said directional radiation systems. v

electromagnetic waves for producing an omnidi- ,rectional field and other means remotely situated from said first mentioned means for propogat ing" electromagnetic waves for reinforcing said omnidirectional fieldorily in the direction of propagation of said first mentionedwave s, and in wave contour coincidence therewith.

5. .A system of radiation comprising, a central station including means for producing sustained 7 high frequencyoscillations of a particular fre quency, meansiorf effecting 'the modulation of saidjhigh frequency oscillationsat saidcentral.

station, means at said central stationcontrol of said modulated high frequency oscillations for producing the substantially uniformly omnidirectional propagation of electromagnetic waves carrying modulation, and means remotely situated from said central, station, said means includingian antenna for receiving said electromagnetic waves; means for] amplifying the energy value of said received waves, and means under control of said last mentioned means for producing the directivepropagation of electromagnetic waves in the direction of propagation of said first mentioned waves for reinforcing the same in a manner such that the modulation carried by said first a mentioned propagated waves and the modulation carried by said second mentioned propagated Waves will substantially coincide, in the area of propagation of said second mentioned waves.

6. A system in accordance with claim 2 in which said directional radiation systems all propagate waves in different directions.

7. A system in accordance with claim 2 in waves along diiferent courses all of which are radial from a common central point.

which said directional systems all propagate 8. The method of radiating high frequency waves of a similar frequency from aplurality of radiation systems wherebya receiving station in -fiuenced by more than one of said stations can receive common program modulation signals from more than one of said stations substantially without interference comprising, producing sustained high frequency oscillations of l a particular frequency, modulating said high frequency oscillations and controlling a radiation system with. said modulated high frequency oscillations for propagating high frequency waves carrying program modulation; receiving said waves, amplifying said received waves, and

re-radiating said received and amplified waves. to produce the propagation. of waves coinciding in direction and frequency withgwaves propagated from said first mentioned radiation system whereby a receiver located at any point in the area of influence of both of said radiation systemsfmay receive the same program modulation simultaneously from both stations and substantially without interference with the coincidence of modulation contour from both radiation systems.

, GORDON BROWN SCHEIBEIL. 

